Phone Comparison - Amazon Kindle Fire vs HTC Sensation XE

Amazon Kindle Fire
amazon kindle fire
HTC Sensation XE
htc sensation xe
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general General Info

Manufacturer Amazon HTC
Announced September 2011 September 2011
Status Available - November 2011 Available - October 2011
Colors Black Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 190 x 120 x 11.4 mm
(7.48 x 4.72 x 0.45 in)
126.1 x 65.4 x 11.3 mm
(4.96 x 2.57 x 0.44 in)
Weight 413 g (14.57 oz) 151 g (5.33 oz)
2G Network N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network N/A HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (customized) Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread)
Processor Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4430 [Similar] Dual-core 1.5 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8260 Snapdragon [Similar]
GPU PowerVR SGX540 [Similar] Adreno 220 [Similar]
RAM 512 MB [Browse Similar] 768 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 8 GB storage 4 GB (1 GB user available)
External Memory No microSD, up to 32GB

display Display

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen S-LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 7.0 inches [Similar] 4.3 inches [Similar]
Resolution 1024 x 600 pixels (170 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (256 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 60.16% 61.88%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + downloadable
Loud Speaker no yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera N/A [Similar] 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash N/A dual-LED flash
Features N/A Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch-focus, Image Stabilization, Face Detection, Instant Capture
Video N/A Yes, 1080p@30fps, stereo sound recording
Front Camera N/A [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Up to 80 kbps
Edge No Up to 236.8 kbps
3G No HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth No Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes Yes, microUSB (MHL) v2.0
GPS No Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML (Amazon Silk) WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Internal 8GB storage, 512 MB RAM 4 GB (1 GB user available), 768 MB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor not present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 4400 mAh 1730 mAh
Stand by - Up to 310 h (2G)
Up to 540 h (3G)
Talk Time - Up to 9 h 16 min (2G)
Up to 7 h 20 min (3G)